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Microsoft to offer impressive ‘Anniversary’ Xbox 360 bundle
If you have yet to sample the wonders of Xbox 360, the time could soon be right to leap aboard Microsoft’s hugely popular console bandwagon. Why, you may ask. Well, if a new product page on Amazon France is anything to go by, Microsoft will soon roll out an extremely impressive Xbox 360 bundle that’s [...]
Report: Xbox 720 will block pre-owned videogames
In a week already awash with ‘NextBox’ speculation, we bring you yet more unfounded and conveniently anonymous ‘insider’ details regarding the Xbox 360’s eventual successor. Specifically, a report offered up by videogame site Kotaku claims Microsoft’s much talked about hardware will apparently play host to both standard DVD and high-definition Blu-ray discs. While the above [...]
Report: Xbox 720 hardware already in production
When it comes to tantalizing speculation, the much talked about arrival of next-generation console hardware is simply unopposed as the single best example of the rumor that keeps on giving. Case in point, following on from persistent chatter that Microsoft will formally unveil its Xbox 720 (a.k.a. NextBox) during this year’s E3 Expo in Los [...]
Microsoft planning to scrap Microsoft Points?
If there’s one thing that’s always been annoying about purchasing downloadable content (DLC) from Xbox Live it’s the convoluted pre-purchase Microsoft Point system we always have to trawl through and convert in order to meet the asking price. However, perhaps that annoyance is to become a thing of the past following the emergence of a [...]
Confirmed: Diablo console project in development
Following on from rumors regarding a spate of ‘console opportunity’ job vacancies posted by software developer Blizzard, it has now been confirmed that longstanding PC property Diablo is indeed being prepped for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. “Yup. Josh Mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project,” revealed Blizzard online community manager ‘Bashiok’, when [...]
Rumor: Xbox 720 to include tablet peripheral
We’re barely two weeks into 2012 and already rumor and speculation regarding the PlayStation 4 and Xbox Next (a.k.a. 720) is piling up about the office. Following on from last week’s glut regarding mystery CES hardware peeks and E3 Expo announcements, we today bring you reports that suggest Microsoft’s next-gen platform will ape the Wii [...]
Sony and Microsoft to unveil next-gen consoles at E3
It doesn’t matter how many times Sony denies the existence or development of the PlayStation 4, the hardware successor to PlayStation 3 will arrive at some point and rumors and speculation will continue to swirl accordingly until the big reveal. Case in point, current online whispers suggest Sony Computer Entertainment will follow the February launch [...]
Microsoft to unveil Xbox 720 at CES 2012?
Having recently announced that 2012’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be its last as a major contributor, current rumor suggests Microsoft Corp. is planning on going out with a bang rather than a whimper. More pointedly, online whispers point to the Redmond-based software company using the global CES platform to officially reveal the successor to [...]